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Financial marketers continue to target digital channels with search leading the way

Mumbrella360 named conference of the year at Australian Event Awards 1

Luxbet hoaxes Twitter with fake account hijack by ‘fired’ social media manager 4

‘Victim of its own success’: TripleM closing digital Classic Rock station 108

Pitch Watch: Air New Zealand pitches media; Greencross parts with TMS; Pharmacare begins media pitch 5

Georgia Love proves less popular than Sam Frost as Bachelorette pulls in 655,000

Nicole Sheffield named as new IAB Australia chair

Yahoo takes local Brightroll DSP out of the dark, pledging unlimited data access to customers 9

Dentsu Japan ‘irregularities’ involved 100 clients 1

Morning Update: Snackstreet Boys – behind the music; scam ads – a case study; Joss Whedon goes to town on Trump

Google in fresh bid to conquer messaging space with launch of Allo after ‘graveyard of failure’ 1

Star of Daily Telegraph’s ‘new breed of bludger’ expose admits she made it all up 12

News Corp launches fifth PerthNow mid-week newspaper to celebrate Queen’s Birthday 2

Go Gentle makes voluntary euthanasia personal with ‘Be The Bill’ 1

LG takes to testimonials to plug TVs too good to plug on TV

Dentsu Japan admits ‘inappropriate operations’ straining relations with Toyota 10

Target uses school holidays to spruik kids products in animated 3D ad

JonBenét Ramsey finale pulls in 1.282m to help Nine win the night

Ten targets Saturday audiences with US line-up, including new MacGyver 1

Morning Update: NRA channels horror movies in anti-Hillary ad; Clive Owen returns for BMW films; Skittles Trumps Jnr 1

Bauer Media appoints Warwick Taylor as director of media solutions

Business missing the marketing goldmine that is mobile commerce

Anglicare highlights support for disadvantaged people in NDIS ad 1

Neil Perry, Tim ‘Rosso’ Ross and Em Rusciano join Entertainment Marketing Summit

King Content taps Hardie Grant Media’s Jeff Trounce for Melbourne GM role

Octomedia snaps up Cirrus Media’s Franchise Business

Felicity Harley quits Pac Mags for News DNA’s unlaunched female content platform 1

Industry’s top marketing science thinkers to judge MSiX Awards 1

Cricket Australia launches a team with 24 million members in summer campaign 1

Red Balloon searching for CMO to continue company transition 5

Pitch Watch: Suncorp mulls bespoke model; Rugby League WC and Simplot name creative agencies; Tourism NZ appoints media

Nine appoints Fairfax Media’s Nathan Powell as director of digital sales product 2

The Block and JonBenét Ramsey dominate as Nine wins the night

Domino’s to roll-out Mandoe digital menu boards and customer wifi as part of new partnership

Australian Unity marketer says new ads are ‘overturning stereotypes’ for people with disabilities 6

UM Sydney general manager latest Mediabrands exec to land Asia role 2

Morning Update: Say more with Tweets; Netflix reveals why She Rules; Star Wars introduces female action figure

Bridget Jones’s Baby screams into top spot at box office

Qantas series is good storytelling not dirty words like ‘branded content’, says Fremantle Media 2

Groupon’s head of communications Amy Glancey joins Atlassian

David Grant honoured with new event management fellowship

Pitch Watch: P&G takes media soundings; 7-Eleven and Rugby League World Cup name media; Jim Beam pitches creative

TBWA deletes Whybin name just months after founder’s departure 3

Digital rights pivotal to future of Big Bash League broadcasts, predicts Ten executive

Southern Cross Austereo boss Grant Blackley takes home $500k bonus after first year in the job 2

Em Rusciano’s appearance on Big Music Quiz fails to top The Block ratings

LinkedIn reveals power profiles of most viewed marketing and agency leaders 4

Mini partners with Junkee Media to launch influencer-led Mini Rays campaign

Morning Update: Cosmo launches car; Netflix sued for poaching; Guardian US to axe 30% staff; former Disney exec ‘loves piracy’

Nine takes the week as Seven’s AFL coverage owns Saturday night

Drag queens and puppies front Virgin Mobile’s new brand platform 1

2UE officially launches native-driven Talking Lifestyle format with Koch, Rowntree and Obermeder 46

Overtime epic gives NRL win to Nine as footy codes fight it out in Friday night battle 2

Press Council rules The Australian breached woman’s privacy in Jamie Briggs story 1

Adblock Plus vows ‘acceptable ads’ model viable despite surprise partner withdrawal 2

Small and medium businesses failing to grasp digital opportunities Sensis boss warns 1

#ElleTwitterTakeover boasts platform for events not just content, says editor-in-chief 1

Treat internet trolls like tennis balls and let them sail by, says Sarah Wilson

Dolly’s print edition ‘independent of digital strategy’, may return to monthly

Razorfish brings T-Rex meme to life in new Audi campaign

APN News & Media shareholders approve sale of Australian Regional Media business

Growth of events division ‘not about saving Fairfax’, as events boss plots organic expansion 1

Dentsu Aegis acquires With Collective as global giant extends Australian footprint

Richie’s declaration of love for Alex sees The Bachelor watched by 1.324m

Youtube views skyrocket led by mobile as platform pushes for media buyers attention

Morning Update: Google and P&G team to beat ad-blockers; consultancies: ‘creatives don’t want to work there’

Medium Rare Content named Publishing Company of the Year; Buzzfeed wins Website of the Year 1

Diageo puts $20m on the tab as it relaunches pre-mix for healthier generation

Olympics gives Seven Network 51% TV ad market share for August

Digital subscriptions stalled by readers’ reluctance to ‘pay twice’, claims agency boss 2

The Australian launches on Apple News’ new subscription service

The future of publishing ‘a programmatic bonus’ on top of the real ads

‘Only a digital dinosaur would ignore print’ says content head 3

Publishers becoming ‘beholden’ to social traffic and being ‘tricked’ by Facebook, warns Slate boss

Weak print sales sees watchdog approve Seven’s takeover of Sunday Times

Nine aims to get younger fans on its catch-up platform with Maker Studio deal

Gruff, brilliant, funny: industry remembers retail pioneer David Mattingly 6

Penultimate episode of The Bachelor lifts but Nine wins night

Sensis digital agency Found names Andrew Burke as new MD, replacing Peter Barrie

Adblock Plus’ ad exchange runs into problems as ‘partners’ distance themselves 1

Fairfax’s Allure Media to focus on native video content as JV with Kin Community gets underway

Soundcloud opens platform to Australian advertisers as premium offer goes live

KiisFM to up practical joke content after hiring Angry Dad creators 7

Southern Cross Austereo signs six-year deal to broadcast AFL 2

Wotif creates content-led campaign in first work from Sydney PR agency, Poem 1

Macquarie Media sales boss jumps ship to join podcast start-up Whooshkaa 1

Emotive raids GPY&R for strategic planning leader

Content specialist Milkmoney bought by Octagon 1